Model of Funerary Boat

GEM Number

777

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

12

Description

A painted wooden model of a funerary boat discovered in Gebelein in 1885. The model has no mast and no rowers. The bow rises straight up and the stern is recurved. The two hawk-headed rudderposts are joined by a cross piece near the top, only one of the two hawk-headed rudders survived. A canopy supported by four posts shades a mummy figurine lying on a low bed with lion’s heads. At the head of the bed, is a wailing woman wearing a wig and a long skirt. Other small figurines stand around the bed. A man, whose body is wrapped in a white cloak, sits on a low-back chair at the bow of the boat.

Region
Upper Egypt
Painted Wood

Height

38.1 cm

Width

15.6 cm

Length

61 cm

Weight

2100 g